Straw-carrier



(No Model.)

U. KETCH.

STRAW CARRIER.

Patented Feb. 22, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARK KETOH, OF WHARTON, OHIO.

STRAW-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,042, dated February22, 1887.

Application filed April 7, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARK KEToH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wharton, in the county of Wyandot and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Delivery-Boards for StrawCarriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in deliveryboards forstrawcarriers; and it consists in the peculiar construction andcombination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my invention. Fig. 2is a sectional view of the same.

Heretofore great difficulty has been experienced in the operation of thestraw-carriers of thrashing-machines, for the reason that a portion ofthe straw elevated by the carrier is not discharged from the outer endthereof, but becomes entangled with the carrierslats, and is carriedback thereby on the under side of the carriertoward thethrashingmachine,whereby the riddles of the separator are clogged. Inorder to prevent this it has been heretofore necessary to station a manwith a pitchfork at the discharge end of the straw-carrier in order torelease the straw therefrom. This defect it is the object of myinvention to overcome.

A represents the carrier of a thrashing-machine, which is of the usualconstruction, and consists, essentially, of the endless belts B, carriedon rollers, and connected together by transverse slats C. To the rearend of the frame of the carrier is secured a shield, D, which extendstransversely across the discharge end of the carrier, and is curved incross-section, forming the segment of a circle of sufficient size toenable the carrierslats to pass over the upper surface successively.

E represents a delivery-board, which is hinged to ,the rear end of thecarrier-frame, as at F, while its outer or free end is adj ustablysupported by brace-arms G, pivotally attached to the sides thereof, nearsaid free end, the inner ends of said braces being slotted, asat H, andsecured to the sides of the carrierframe by means of set-screws I, whichpass through the said slots and enter the sides of the said frame.

Serial No. 198,125. (No model.)

By means of these braces it will be readily understood that thedelivery-board may be inclined to any desired angle with relation to thecarrier and secured in that position.

The operation of myinventionis as follows: As the slats O successivelyarrive at the rear end of the carrier, they come in contact with theshield D, which prevents the straw from becoming entangled with theslats, and causes it to fall therefrom onto the delivery-board E, whichdirects the straw to the top of the stack or on the ground, as may bedesired, and the slat-s return on the under side of the carrier emptyand relieved of any adhering straws.

By means of this device the services of a man with a pitchfork at thedischarge end of the carrier may be dispensed with.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise construction hereinbeforedescribed, as it is evident that modifications may bemade thereinwithout departing from the spirit of my invention. I

I attach importance to the location of the delivery-board hinged directto the discharge end of the carrier, with the bottom of thedelivery-board on a line with the end of the shield, as by thatarrangement the two parts are caused to coact, the shield supporting theslats of the carrier, as the said slats come in contact with the shield,and directing the straw so as to cause it to fall from the carrier ontothe bottom of the delivery'board to be delivered to any desired point.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In combination with thecarrier A, the shield D, located at the rear end of the said carrier,between the roller and below the belt, and the delivery-board hingeddirectly to the rear end of the carrier, with its'bottom substantiallyon a line with the end of the shield, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARK KETGH.

Witnesses:

A. J. GREEK, J. D. RUMMELL.

